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A  NEW  ERA  IN  HUMAN  HISTORY 


Four  Weeks  Study  in  the  Outlines 

OF 

World  Constructive  Statesmanship 


AND 


A  PETITION 

TO 


The  President  and  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  America 


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FOREWORD 


The  following  outlines  of  World  Constructive  Statesmanship  for  bringing  in  a  New 
Era  in  Human  History  are  designed  for  a  course  of  study  rather  than  of  reading. 

The  class  leader  should  arrange  for  several  members  to  take  part  each  time  in 
discussing  the  salient  points  of  the  lesson,  thus  promoting  variety  and  interest.  Each 
member  of  the  class  might  well  be  asked  to  familiarize  himself  with  one  or  more  of  the 
volumes  mentioned  in  the  list  given  of  Helpful  Literature  (page  10). 

Should  the  class  so  desire,  two  or  three  weeks  might  well  be  devoted  to  each  of  the 
four  principal  topics,  thus  giving  time  for  reports  from  individuals  on  the  important 
volumes  mentioned  in  the  reference  literature. 

The  petition  should  not  be  signed  until  after  the  course  of  study  has  been  com¬ 
pleted.  Each  member  of  the  class  should  then  undertake  to  secure  as  many  signatures  as 
possible.  The  class  might  well  offer  a  prize  to  the  member  securing  the  largest  num¬ 
ber  of  signatures  by  April  30,  1917. 

All  signatures  to  the  petition  should  reach  the  national  office  of  the  World  Alliance 
for  International  Friendship  (105  East  22nd  Street,  New  York  City)  before  May, 
1917. 

This  course  of  study  and  the  Petition  to  the  President  and  Congress  of  the  United 
States  are  presented  for  wide  study  by  the  following  organizations  and  groups: 


Name 


Address 


American  Council  of  the  World  Alliance  for  Promot-  ' 
ing  International  Friendship  through  the  Churches 


Commission  on  Peace  and  Arbitration  of  the  Federal 
Council  of  the  Churches  of  Christ  in  America 


105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York  City 


Commission  on  Christian  Education  of  the  Federal  Council 
of  the  Churches  of  Christ  in  America 


Missionary  Education  Movement  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada 


156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 


American  Christian  Missionary  Society,  Department  of  108  Carew  Bldg.,  Cincinnatti,  Ohio 
Bible  Schools 

Northern  Baptist  Convention,  Department  of  Missionary  23  East  26th  St.,  New  York  City 
Education  of  the  Co-operating  Organizations 

Northern  Baptist  Convention,  Department  of  Social  Ser-  1701  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
vice  and  Brotherhood 


Congregational  Sunday  School  and  Publishing  Society, 
Department  of  Education 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  Educational  Depart¬ 
ment  of  the  Board  of  Missions 

Presbyterian  Church  of  the  U.  S.  A.,  Department  of  Mis¬ 
sionary  Education  of  the  Home  Missions  Board 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States,  Educational 
Department  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  Foreign 
Missions 

Reformed  Church  in  America,  Department  of  Missionary 
Education 


14  Beacon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

156  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York  City 
810  Broadway,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

154  Fifth  Avenue,  North,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

25  East  22nd  St.,  New  York  City 


Baptist  Young  People’s  Union  of  America 
United  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor 


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107  South  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago,  Ill. 
Mt.  Vernon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


Name 

Peace  Makers  Commission  of  the  Christian  Church 

Peace  Makers  Commission  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  (South) 

Christian  Women’s  Peace  Movement 

California  State  Church  Federation 

Church  Federation  of  Greater  Kansas  City 

Massachusetts  Federation  of  Churches 

Peace  Association  of  Friends  in  America 

American  School  Peace  League 
Board  of  Public  Welfare 
Buffalo  Peace  and  Arbitration  Society 
Chicago  Peace  Society 
Georgia  Peace  Society 

Mohawk  and  Hudson  Rivers  Peace  Society 

New  England  Department  of  the  American  Peace  Society 

Order  of  the  Golden  Rule 

Pacific  Coast  Department  of  the  American  Peace  Society 
Pennsylvania  Arbitration  and  Peace  Society 
Washington  Peace  Society 
Woman’s  International  Friendship  League 
Woman’s  Peace  Party  (National  Organization) 

Woman’s  Peace  Party,  Massachusetts  Branch 
Woman’s  Peace  Party,  Pennsylvania  Branch 
World  Peace  Association 
Youngstown  Peace  Society 


Address 
Dayton,  Ohio 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

West  Medford,  Mass. 

Wright  and  Callender  Bldg.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Scaritt  Arcade,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

53  Mt.  Vernon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Richmond,  Ind. 

405  Marlborough  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

116  South  Michigan  Ave.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

321  North  Boulevard  Ave.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Albany,  N.  Y. 

6  Beacon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

1884  Columbia  Road,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Richmond,  Ind. 

Ill  South  13th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Macon,  Ga. 

116  South  Michigan  Ave.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

12  Otis  Place,  Boston,  Mass. 

Ill  South  13th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Northfield,  Minn. 

Youngstown,  Ohio 


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“Above  all  nations  is  Humanity.” — Plato 


PART  1 

THE  DAWN  OF  A  NEW  ERA  IN  HUMAN  HISTORY 

1.  Steam  and  electricity  are  abolishing  time  and  space  and  are  making  all  nation* 
and  races  immediate  neighbors  geographically. 

2.  Science,  popular  education,  travel,  commerce,  postal  facilities,  literature,  and 
the  press  are  bringing  all  mankind  toward  a  common  life  and  a  common  mind.  Each 
nation  and  race  nevertheless  has  and  will  continue  to  have  its  own  special  character¬ 
istics  and  endowments  and  each  seems  to  become  increasingly  self-conscious,  ambitious 
and  determined.  The  conquest  of  the  resources  of  nature  is  bringing  undreamed  wealth 
and  luxury  to  its  possessors.  This  has  introduced  a  new  rivalry,  especially  between 
those  virile  and  advanced  races  which  seek  world-wide  opportunity. 

3.  These  conditions  have  produced  an  extraordinary  intertwining  of  the  interests 
and  activities  of  the  entire  world  and  induced  vast  movements  of  population.  Unpre¬ 
cedented  occupation  and  development  of  new  territories  are  taking  place. 

4.  All  these  have  reinforced  the  movement  toward  democracy.  Opportunity, 
knowledge  and  power  have  come  to  the  common  man.  The  people  are  getting  con¬ 
trol.  Opposition  to  hereditary  rule  and  special  privilege  are  growing.  These  latter, 
however,  seek  to  maintain  their  ancient  place  and  power,  resorting  at  times  even  to 
war  in  order  to  stem  the  rising  tide  against  them. 

5.  Many  conscious  international  efforts  and  movements  have  also  taken  place. 
Numberless  international  gatherings  have  been  held  and  societies  formed.  Financial, 
cultural,  educational,  commercial  and  scientific  agencies  and  facilities  have  been  estab¬ 
lished,  wonderfully  knitting  together  the  life  of  the  peoples. 

6.  During  recent  decades  important  steps  have  been  taken  for  closer  political 
and  governmental  relations  of  the  nations.  Treaties  of  arbitration  have  been  made, 
many  serious  difficulties  have  been  settled  by  methods  of  arbitration  and  conciliation 
and  plans  for  permanent  international  organization  have  been  formulated  and  carried 
far  along  toward  completion. 

7.  In  fine,  there  has  been  extraordinary  preparation,  physical,  scientific,  intel¬ 
lectual,  moral  and  governmental  for  the  new  era  in  human  history,  an  era  in  which 
the  nations  may  maintain  cordial  and  helpful  relations,  and  settle  their  international 
problems  by  reason  and  adjustment  rather  than  by  resort  to  war. 

8.  On  the  other  hand,  vast  problems  are  arising  directly  from  these  world 
tendencies.  The  rivalries  of  expanding  nations  in  their  dealings  with  the  government, 
trade  and  economic  development  of  politically  backward  nations  and  undeveloped 
regions,  create  problems  of  the  gravest  character.  A  new  Asia,  moreover,  is  rapidly 
coming  into  being  determined,  ambitious,  self-conscious,  equipped  with  the  mechanical, 
political,  social,  and  industrial  devices  and  methods  of  the  Occident  and  increasingly 
sensitive  to  rights  invaded,  to  differential  race  legislation  and  to  humiliating  race  dis¬ 
crimination  by  western  people. 

9.  The  Great  War  has  shown  that  the  leading  nations  were  not  so  ready  for  the 
New  Era,  as  had  popularly  been  supposed. 

Suggested  Scripture  Readings 

Isa.  2,  2-4;  12-22;  9,  2-7.  Micah  5,  10-15.  Joel  3,  9-21.  Rev.  21,  1;  10-12;  21-27. 

Topics  for  Discussion 

Compare  conditions  now  and  fifty  or  one  hundred  years  ago — travel,  mail,  commerce,  food, 
Luildings,  communication,  etc. 


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How  far  has  the  democratic  ideal  spread  around  the  world  since  1776?  Europe?  America? 
Asia? 

Since  the  close  of  the  Napoleonic  wars  what  efforts  have  been  made  to  settle  international 
difficulties  by  reason  instead  of  war?  With  what  successes? 

How  does  the  new  Asia  (Japan,  China,  India)  differ  from  Asia  of  1800? 

What  problems  do  these  many  changes  bring  to  America?  In  the  maintenance  of  our 
Democracy?  In  our  treatment  of  the  Negro?  The  Chinese?  The  Japanese?  Latin  America? 


"For  all  the  law  i>  fulfilled  in  one  word,  even  in  this, 
Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself.” — Paul 


PART  II 

FUNDAMENTAL  PRINCIPLES  OF  THE  NEW  ERA 

1.  The  hope  of  a  better  future  lies  in  establishing  a  new  world-order  in  which 
the  principles  of  universal  justice  and  goodwill  shall  be  embodied  in  the  laws,  institu¬ 
tions  and  customs  that  control  the  relations  of  nations. 

World  peace  can  come  only  as  the  fruit  and  product  of  international  righteousness. 
Peace  is  the  outcome  of  justice,  justice  of  law,  law  of  political  organization.  The  polit¬ 
ical  organization  of  the  world,  therefore,  is  the  first  step  to  be  taken  toward  the  goal 
of  peace.  Nations  as  individuals  should  recognize  the  rights  of  others,  render  justice 
rather  than  demand  rights,  and  find  their  greatness  in  good-will  and  service. 

2.  The  establishment  of  this  new  world-order  requires: 

(1)  The  abandonment  of  selfish  nationalism  with  its  secret 
diplomacy,  its  demoralizing  spy  system  and  its  frank  and  brutal  asser¬ 
tion  of  selfishness,  of  unlimited  sovereignty,  and  of  the  right  to 
override  and  destroy  weak  neighbors;  and 

(2)  The  adoption  of  a  higher  nationalism  and  a  nobler  inter¬ 
nationalism  which  assert  the  familyhood  of  nations,  the  limitation  of 
sovereignty  and  the  right  of  all  nations  and  races,  small  and  great, 
to  share  in  the  world’s  resources  and  in  opportunity  for  self-direct¬ 
ing  development  and  expanding  life. 

The  establishment  of  the  new  world  order  implies  the  substitution  of  the 
co-operative  for  the  competitive  theory  and  practice  of  nations. 

Suggested  Scripture  Readings 

Isa.  1,  10-20.  Amos  1,  3—2,  16;  4,  1-12;  5,18-24.  Matt.  5,  38-48.  Luke  10,  25-37. 

Acts  10,  1-35.  I  Cor.  13,  1-13.  Jas.  4,  1-4. 


Topics  for  Discussion 

What  have  been  the  fundamental  ideas  and  principles  of  the  past  as  to  the  rights  and  duties 
of  nations  and  races?  Consider  their  good  features;  their  bad  features. 

What  changes  must  now  be  made? 

Consider  how  the  mechanical  progress  of  recent  decades  has  brought  dangers  to  every 
people.  Just  what  are  these  dangers  and  how  may  they  be  overcome? 

How  can  World  Sovereignty  guarantee  local  sovereignty  and  security?  Illustrate  from  the 
relations  of  the  Federal  to  the  State  governments  in  America.  Of  the  British  Empire  to  its 
parts.  Is  this  equallv  true  of  the  German  and  Russian  Empires  respectively  to  their  parts?  What 
must  be  the  essential  character  of  the  World  Sovereignty  that  will  truly  guarantee  the  restricted 
sovereignty  of  the  parts? 


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“What  we  mean  to  propose  is  a  general  Congress  of  nations  .  .  .  Such  a  Congress  and  such  a  League  are  the 

only  means  of  realizing  the  idea  of  a  true  public  law.” — Kant 


PART  III 

THE  PRACTICAL  PROGRAM  OF  THE  NEW  ERA 

Nations  are  in  different  stages  of  growth  and  decay.  These  lead  to  constantly 
changing  relations  with  corresponding  needs  and  demands  for  readjustments.  In  the 
past  the  most  important  of  these  readjustments  have  been  reached  by  war.  Any 
successful  proposal,  therefore,  for  a  substitute  for  war  must  provide,  not  only  for 
justice  based  upon  existing  conditions,  but  also  for  the  readjustments  inevitably 
demanded  by  virile  and  expanding  peoples.  Processes  that  are  merely  legal  which  do 
not  make  room  for  such  readjustments  cannot  prevent  wars. 

What  is  now  needed  is: 

(1)  The  attainment  of  substantial  agreement  among  the  na¬ 
tions  as  to  the  rights  and  duties  of  nations. 

(2)  The  formation  of  a  League  of  Nations  that  desire  to 
establish  world-order,  world-justice  and  world-peace. 

(3)  The  creation  by  the  League  of  Nations  of  adequate  agen¬ 
cies  and  processes,  legislative,  judicial  and  executive,  for  the  attain¬ 
ment  of  justice. 

(4)  The  extension  of  the  principle  of  democracy  alike  to  the 
relations  of  nations  and  to  the  inner  governmental  processes  of  each 
nation  providing  thus  for  economic  adjustment  and  social  reform. 

(5)  The  cultivation  of  the  spirit  of  goodwill  largely  through 
the  agencies  of  schools,  colleges,  the  press  and  the  churches  of  every 
land,  and  by  means  of  travel  and  trade. 


Suggested  Scripture  Readings 

Lev.  19,  9-17.  Matt.  18,  15-18.  Gal.  5,  13-16. 


Topics  for  Discussion 

What  are  the  rights  of  nations?  And  do  nations  have  duties  other  than  those  to  their  own 
people?  If  so,  what? 

What  is  meant  by  anarchy?  Has  there  ever  been  other  than  world  anarchy?  If  a  world 
government  is  established  and  maintained  by  the  military  might  of  one  principal  nation  or  group 
of  nations,  what  will  be  its  essential  character? 

What  must  be  the  character,  processes,  and  agencies  of  democratic  World  Government? 

How  can  it  be  set  up? 


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“My  first  wish  is  to  see  this  plague  to  mankind  (war)  banished  from  the  earth — to  see  the  whole  world  in  peace 
and  the  inhabitants  of  it  as  one  band  of  brothers  striving  who  should  contribute 
most  to  the  happiness  of  mankind.” — Washington 


PART  IV 

AMERICA’S  OPPORTUNITY  AND  DUTY  INFRINGING  IN  THE  NEW  ERA 

America  has  a  unique  opportunity  and  therefore  responsibility  for  rendering 
important  aid  in  abolishing  war  and  in  bringing  in  the  new  world-order.  In  rendering 
this  service,  the  American  government  as  well  as  the  American  people  should  be  as 
active  in  promoting  world  organization  and  international  goodwill  as  they  are  in  pro¬ 
viding  for  national  safety  and  prosperity.  America  should  now  promote:  (A)  National 
Education,  (B)  Domestic  Legislation,  and  (C)  International  Organization. 

A.  NATION-WIDE  EDUCATION  AND  COLLECTIVE  ACTION  OF  INDIVIDUAL  CITIZENS : 

1.  The  nation-wide  education  of  American  citizens  must  be 
secured  in  the  principles  of  international  rights  and  duties  and  of 
world  organization. 

2.  Individual  citizens  who  desire  to  do  their  part  should  join 
some  group  or  society  working  for  this  end.  If  none  already  exists 
in  their  convenient  vicinity  let  them  take  steps  to  form  one. 

3.  All  groups  working  for  the  New  Era  should  be  so  related 
to  each  other  through  the  national  movement  that  at  opportune  times 
the  collective  and  simultaneous  action  of  millions  of  American  citi¬ 
zens  can  be  secured  for  the  support  of  the  President  and  of  Congress 
in  the  needful  legislation. 

B.  DOMESTIC  LEGISLATION  BY  CONGRESS: 

America  should  at  once  set  her  own  house  in  order  by  enacting 
such  legislation  dealing  with  international  relations  as  shall  prove 
her  sincerity  in  giving  justice  and  in  being  helpful. 

Among  America’s  most  pressing  domestic  problems  are  those  of 
just,  wise  and  kind  treatment  of  immigrants,  both  European  and 
Asiatic.  Federal  failure  to  protect  European  aliens  in  spite  of  treaty 
obligations  has  more  than  once  been  a  cause  of  serious  international 
tension. 

The  relations  of  the  United  States  with  Asia  are  increasingly 
ominous.  Our  historic  Asiatic  policy  of  helpfulness  is  seriously 
marred  by  our  contravention  of  treaties  with  China  and  disregard 
of  the  spirit  of  the  treaties  with  Japan.  These  are  chilling  the 
friendship  of  those  nations. 

Other  phases  of  this  great  problem  are  the  mutual  relations  of 
the  United  States  and  Latin  America.  Too  seldom  has  the  United 
States  regarded  the  interests  and  viewpoint  of  Latin  America. 

Congress  should  promptly: 

1.  Adopt  a  comprehensive  policy  and  program  for  the  regula¬ 
tion  of  immigration  from  every  land,  and  for  the  Americanization 
of  immigrants.  Only  so  many  immigrants  should  be  admitted  from 
any  land  as  we  can  Americanize.  All  who  are  admitted  should  be 
given  equal  treatment  and  opportunity  regardless  of  race. 


2.  Enact  such  laws  as  will  enable  the  Federal  Government  to 
carry  out  its  treaty  pledges  for  the  protection  of  aliens  residing  in 
the  United  States. 

3.  Adopt  an  Asiatic  policy  that  recognizes  the  new  world  con¬ 
ditions  now  arising  through  the  expanding  life  of  the  Orient. 

4.  Define  more  adequately  the  Monroe  Doctrine  and  provide 
for  a  Pan-American  Federation. 

5.  The  President  and  Congress  of  the  United  States  might 
well  take  the  initiative  in  proposing,  after  the  end  of  the  war,  the 
holding  of  the  needed  Conference  of  the  Nations  to  deal  with  inter¬ 
national  relations. 

C.  PROMOTION  OF  INTERNATIONAL  ORGANIZATION : 

The  United  States  should  lay  before  a  conference  of  the  nations  at  or  soon  after 
the  close  of  the  Great  War  proposals  for: 

1.  A  Declaration  of  the  Fundamental  Rights  and  Duties  of 
Nations,  the  adoption  of  which  declaration  shall  constitute  the  legal 
basis  of  international  law. 

2.  The  formation  of  a  League  of  the  Nations  to  support  the 
principles  of  this  declaration. 

3.  The  creation  by  this  League  of  the  Nations  of  adequate 
agencies  and  processes,  legislative,  executive,  judicial,  for  the 
attainment  of  international  justice. 

Suggested  Scripture  Readings 

Micah  4,  1-5;  6,  1-8.  Hosea  6,  4-6;  14,  9.  Matt.  7,  1-5,  15-23.  I  Cor.  12,  12-26. 

Topics  for  Discussion 

What  part  may  and  should  individual  citizens  take  in  establishing  the  new  world-order? 
What  more  may  they  do  beyond  the  suggestionsof  the  text? 

What  suggestion  has  Hon.  William  H.  Taft  made  for  legislation  for  the  adequate  protection 
of  aliens?  cf.  The  United  States  and  Peace,  p.  44. 

What  are  Dr.  Gulick’s  proposals  as  to  comprehensive  immigration  legislation?  cf.  “America 
and  the  Orient.” 

Is  a  Pan-American  Federation  or  Judicial  Union  desirable?  Practicable? 

Are  the  United  States  ready  to  enter  a  world  league  of  nations  to  establish  world  govern¬ 
ment? 


AN  IMPORTANT  ACT  OF  CONGRESS 

Especial  attention  is  called  to  the  action  of  Congress  in  appending  to  the  Naval  Appropriation 
Bill  for  the  coming  fiscal  year  (approved  by  the  President  August  29,  1916)  a  section  declaring  it 
to  be  the  policy  of  the  United  States  to  “settle  its  international  disputes  through  mediation  or  arbitra¬ 
tion,  to  the  end  that  war  may  be  honorably  avoided.”  The  United  States  “looks  with  apprehension 
and  disfavor  upon  a  general  increase  of  armaments  throughout  the  world.” 

The  President  is  accordingly  authorized : 

1.  To  “call  a  Conference  of  all  great  Governments”  not  later  than  the  close  of  the  war,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be 

(a)  To  formulate  plans  for  the  establishment  of  a  world  tribunal  for  the 
peaceful  settlement  of  international  disputes,  and 

(b)  To  consider  the  question  of  disarmament. 

2.  To  appoint  nine  Americans  “to  represent  the  United  States  in  such  a  Conference.” 

3.  To  suspend  further  building  of  the  navy,  when  such  international  tribunal  shall  have  been 
established  and  rendered  unnecessary  the  maintenance  of  competitive  armaments. 

Congress  also  appropriated  $200,000  for  the  expenses  of  such  a  Conference. 

In  view  of  this  splendid  act,  the  people  of  the  United  States  should  so  express  their  endorsement 
of  these  proposals  that  the  President  may  know  that  he  has  the  entire  nation  behind  him  in  carry¬ 
ing  them  out,  - 


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HELPFUL  LITERATURE 


1.  A  splendid  course  of  thirteen  Sunday  school  lessons  has  been  especially  prepared  for  young 
people  and  adults  by  the  Commission  on  Christian  Education  of  the  Federal  Council  of  the  Churches 
of  Christ  in  America,  105  East  22nd  Street,  New  York,  with  the  title: 

International  Peace,  Norman  E.  Richardson.  5  cents  each;  $5.00  per  hundred. 

2.  Two  pamphlet  study  courses  by  Mrs.  Lucia  Ames  Mead  are  particularly  fine,  entitled : 
A  Primer  of  the  Peace  Movement,  American  Peace  Society,  Washington,  D.  C.  $.10  each;  $5.00  per  hundred. 
Lessons  on  War  and  Peace,  World  Peace  Foundation,  Boston.  Single  copies  free. 

3.  Every  class  studying  the  New  Era  and  problems  of  world  organization  should  possess: 

The  Fight  for  Peace,  Sidney  L.  Gulick.  Federal  Council  of  Churches.  Cloth,  $.50;  paper,  $.25. 

Selected  Quotations  on  Peace  and  War,  Federal  Council  of  Churches,  105  East  22nd  Street,  New  York.  $1.00. 

Here  are  given  the  best  utterances  of  nearly  200  leaders  of  thought.  This  single  volume  will 
take  the  place  of  a  large  peace  library.  Every  man  and  woman  in  America  should  read  the  classic 
by  the  late  Professor  William  James,  entitled: 

The  Moral  Equivalent  of  War,  American  Assoc,  for  Intern.  Conciliation,  407  W.  117th  St.,  New  York.  Free. 

Other  recent  important  books  dealing  with  these  questions  from  the  ethical  viewpoint  are : 

What  Makes  a  Nation  Great?  Frederick  Lynch.  Revell,  New  York.  $.75. 

The  Christian  Equivalent  of  War,  D.  W.  Lyon.  Young  Men’s  Christian  Association.  $.50. 

New  Wars  for  Old,  John  Haynes  Holmes.  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  New  York.  $1.50. 

Christianity  and  International  Peace,  Charles  E.  Jefferson.  Crowell  &  Co.,  New  York.  $1.25. 

What  the  War  is  Teaching,  Charles  E.  Jefferson.  Revell,  New  York.  $1.00. 

Ethics  of  Force,  H.  E.  Warner.  World  Peace  Foundation,  Boston.  $.55. 

The  Forks  of  the  Road,  Washington  Gladden.  Macmillan,  New  York.  $.50. 

History  as  Past  Ethics,  P.  V.  N.  Myers.  Ginn  &  Co.,  Boston.  $1.50. 

World  Missions  and  World  Peace,  Caroline  A.  Mason.  M.  H.  Leavis,  West  Medford,  Mass.  $.50  and  $.30. 

4.  For  those  desiring  a  more  detailed  study  of  the  peace  problem  from  various  practical 
standpoints,  the  following  books  are  suggested : 

The  Great  Illusion,  Norman  Angell.  Putnam’s  Sons,  New  York.  $2.25. 

War  and  the  Breed,  David  Starr  Jordan.  Beacon  Press,  Boston.  $1.25. 

War  and  Its  Benefits,  Jacques  Novicow.  Hall  &  Co.,  New  York.  $1.00. 

Nationalism,  War  and  Society,  Edward  Krehbiel.  Macmillan,  New  York.  $1.00. 

Social  Progress  and  the  Darwinian  Theory,  Geo.  W.  Nasmyth.  Putnam’s  Sons,  New  York.  $1.50. 

Fear  God  and  Take  Your  Own  Part,  Theodore  Roosevelt.  Doran,  New  York.  $1.50. 

Dangers  of  Half  Preparedness,  Norman  Angell.  Putnam’s  Sons,  New  York.  $.50. 

Preparedness,  William  I.  Hull.  Revell,  New  York.  $1.25. 

5.  The  European  war  has  prompted  the  discussion  of  conditions  for  assuring  durable 
peace.  Many  important  volumes  deal  with  these  questions.  The  following  are  recommended : 

Toward  International  Government,  John  A.  Hobson.  Macmillan,  New  York.  $1.00. 

International  Government,  Theodore  Woolf.  Brentano,  New  York.  $2.00. 

The  Restoration  of  Europe,  Alfred  H.  Fried.  Macmillan,  New  York.  $1.00. 

War  and  World  Government,  Frank  Crane.  John  Lane  Co..  New  York.  $1.00. 

The  Ways  to  Lasting  Peace,  David  Starr  Jordan.  Bobbs,  Merril  &  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  $.75. 

League  to  Enforce  Peace.  Addresses.  70  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York.  $.50. 

The  Great  Solution,  Henri  La  Fontaine.  World  Peace  Foundation,  Boston.  $1.25. 

The  Western  Hemisphere  in  the  World  of  To-morrow,  Franklin  H.  Giddins.  Revell,  New  York.  $.35. 

The  Stakes  of  Diplomacy,  Walter  Lippman.  Henry  Holt  &  Co.,  New  York.  $1.25. 

6.  The  country  with  which  war  is  widely  thought  to  be  more  or  less  probable  in  the  near 
future  is  Japan.  The  essential  facts,  therefore,  of  America’s  Oriental  problem  should  be  care¬ 
fully  studied  by  every  class  that  would  really  understand  America’s  international  relations  and 
seek  for  methods  of  solution.  For  the  briefest  statement  of  America’s  Oriental  problem,  pam¬ 
phlets  by  Dr.  Sidney  L.  Gulick,  entitled,  Asia’s  Appeal  to  America,  A  Comprehensive  Immigra¬ 
tion  Policy  and  Program,  and  The  Pacific  Coast  and  the  New  Oriental  Policy,  may  be  secured 
from  the  Federal  Council  of  Churches.  5  cents  each ;  $4.00  per  hundred,  postpaid. 

For  a  more  thorough  study  of  these  questions  four  volumes  are  recommended : 

China,  Bishop  J.  W.  Bashford.  Chapters  XVI-XVIII.  The  Abingdon  Press,  New  York.  Net  $2.50. 
The  Japanese  Crisis,  James  A.  B.  Scherer.  F.  A.  Stokes  &  Co.,  New  York.  $.75. 

The  American  Japanese  Problem,  Sidney  L.  Gulick.  Scribner’s  Sons,  New  York.  $1.75. 

America  and  the  Orient,  A  Constructive  Policy,  Sidney  L.  Gulick.  Missionary  Education  Movement, 
156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York.  $.25. 


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A  PETITION  TO  THE  PRESIDENT  AND  CONGRESS  OF  THE  U.  S.  A. 

BY 

Those  Who  Believe  in  the  Principles  of  the  New  Internationalism 

Whereas,  Mankind  has  to-day  an  unparalleled  opportunity  for  the  reconstruction  of  international  relations  and 
the  establishment  of  a  new  world-order,  in  which  universal  justice,  helpfulness  and  goodwill  should  be  embodied 
in  the  laws,  institutions  and  customs  that  control  international  life;  and 

Whereas,  Congress  has  authorized  the  President  to  call  a  Conference  of  all  the  great  Governments  to  plan  for 
world  peace  and  disarmament;  and 

Whereas,  If  America  is  to  contribute  her  share  in  establishing  world  peace  based  upon  justice  and  good¬ 
will  she  should  at  once  set  right  her  own  laws  dealing  with  aliens ; 

Therefore,  We,  the  undersigned  citizens  of  the  United  States,  respectfully  petition: 

A.  Congress  to  enact  at  an  early  date  laws  providing  for 

1.  Proper  Federal  Protection  for  Aliens.  » 

2.  A  Comprehensive  Immigration  and  Americanization  Policy  and  Program. 

3.  An  Asiatic  Policy  that  recognizes  the  new  conditions  in  Japan  and  China. 

B.  The  President  to  call  at  the  right  time  the  Conference  of  the  Great  Governments  and  to  submit  to  it 
for  consideration  and  action  proposals  for: 

1.  A  Declaration  of  the  Fundamental  Rights  and  Duties  of  Nations. 

2.  A  League  of  the  Nations,  to  support  the  Principles  of  this  Declaration,  with  International 

Periodic  Conferences,  an  International  Supreme  Court  and  International  Boards  of  Con¬ 
ciliation. 

C.  The  President  to  call  a  Conference  of  Latin-American  countries  to  take  steps  for  the  establishment  of 
a  Pan-American  Federation. 


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Return  thU  Petition  Signed  to  the  World  Alliance  for  International  Friendship,  105  East  22d  Street,  New  York,  before  May,  1917 

A  PETITION  TO  THE  PRESIDENT  AND  CONGRESS  OF  THE  U.  S.  A. 

BY 

Those  Who  Believe  in  the  Principles  of  the  New  Internationalism 

Whereas,  Mankind  has  to-day  an  unparalleled  opportunity  for  the  reconstruction  of  international  relations  and 
the  establishment  of  a  new  world-order,  in  which  universal  justice,  helpfulness  and  goodwill  should  be  embodied 
in  the  laws,  institutions  and  customs  that  control  international  life;  and 

Whereas,  Congress  has  authorized  the  President  to  call  a  Conference  of  all  the  great  Governments  to  plan 
for  world  peace  and  disarmament;  and 

Whereas,  If  America  is  to  contribute  her  share  in  establishing  world  peace  based  upon  justice  and  good¬ 
will  she  should  at  once  set  right  her  own  laws  dealing  with  aliens;  , 

Therefore,  We,  the  undersigned  citizens  of  the  United  States,  respectfully  petition: 

A.  Congress  to  enact  at  an  early  date  laws  providing  for: 

1.  Proper  Federal  Protection  for  Aliens. 

2.  A  Comprehensive  Immigration  and  Americanization  Policy  and  Program. 

3.  An  Asiatic  Policy  that  recognizes  the  new  conditions  in  Japan  and  China. 

B.  The  President  to  call  at  the  right  time  the  Conference  of  the  Great  Governments  and  to  submit  to  it 
for  consideration  and  action  proposals  for: 

1.  A  Declaration  of  the  Fundamental  Rights  and  Duties  of  Nations. 

2.  A  League  of  the  Nations,  to  support  the  Principles  of  this  Declaration,  with  International 

Periodic  Conferences,  an  International  Supreme  Court  and  International  Boards  of  Con¬ 
ciliation. 

C.  The  President  to  call  a  Conferenee  of  Latin-American  countries  to  take  steps  for  the  establishment  of 
a  Pan-American  Federation. 


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